Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-07
oIhEEIs OV mn JONEo T n
PASADENA.
uEDICAL HALATlO N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

" OF Inc respiratory puss"teS SoA.sts'S "
its direct effects on the diseased organs;
and at the same time, adopting such ny
gienic measures and administering sucn
medicines by the stomach as VIII most el-
fectually purify the blood. give tone to
the nervous system. and build up and
strengthen the general constitntloh. IN
other words, we employ comDlneo LOCAL
and general treatment. ,.,
what is MEDICAL inhalation? Before
stating briefly what Medical Inhalation
is. we propose, in as few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t is not.
Medical inhalation is not cure-all, a
nostrum, or panacea. II is not speciuc
medicine, or advertised to cure any or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, AMI intended to
fill the pockets OF its proprietors IL rs not
a talisman, whose possession lnsures nealtn
to its pnssessor without the Intervention OF
sense or Judgment. Medical Inhalatlon is
none OF these things.
Meoical Inhaiation is simply and solely
method of taking medicines by inhailng or
breathing them into the lungs insteao OF
swallowing them into the stomach. BY IN,
hslation, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat OF the disease, in the
nose, throat or lungs; ana II is clear 10
every reasoning person how peculiarly ap.
plicable Inhalation is in the disorders OF
the org ans named. If you have scalded or
burned the surface of the body, or wounded
any limb or member, you do not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the oisor-
ganized tissue. On the contrary, you apply
IL directly to the seat of the wound or IN
jury Why, then. when suffering from ca
tsri h of the nasal pas saees or throat, or al
ficted wi, h ulceratio, OF the lungs. should
you rely on medicines taken INTO the
Medical Inhalation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat of the
disease. but 1t applies the remedy In the
gaseous or vaporOus form, In which form,
as is we'll known, medicines act most power.
fully. How much greater for example. Is
the effect of a drachm of chloroform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
qua tity when swallowed into the stomach.
The same is true of chlorine, OF iodine. and
of many other substances; BY innaiauon
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but BY this
method the proper remedy is applied di-
studying the anotomy of the lungs. can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation of
the air-tubes and air-cells. the direct appli-
cation of the healing medicine by 1nhala.
ton to the diseased parts, Is the correct and
rational method of treatment? Who. on
the other hand, can be SO irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces OF the air
passages in this case, is by the way OF the
membrane. or skin, lining the air-passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, Is only a
slightly modified form of the same structure
as that which covers the external surface
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment be proper and necessary for fntam- |
n nations, concessions and ulcerations OF the |
one and not be equally SO in the case OF the
other?
Our experience and success in treating |
diseases OF the nose throat ns;nn ana i1hhgs' de
true scientific treatment OF these diseases 1s
that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the CON
stitutional effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach.
One or both methods must be adopted as
the circumstances demand, and such RENE
dies must be employed as the experience
and judgment of the physician have proved |
to be proper in each particular case
Medical Advocates of Inhalation.
Physicians who were educated twenty |
years ago or more. and who have not kept
up with the times in the advance In medi- |
cal science, have very little idea OF the great
Importance all leading writer's now give TO |
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseases To such an extent is this |
true that no patient should intrust his case
to any physician who is not well prepared
and thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering of the |
proper remedies by the method OF inhala-
ton.
The numerous cures effected by inhala- |
lation in cases seemingly past all help, and
the uniform success attending Its use In
diseases of the respiratory organs, renders
1t obligatory on every honest physician to
knowledge Of the Inhalation. or, If that is
not possible, he Is at least bound to decline
to treat such cases.
Among the most eminent physicians OF
the age who are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
the fo1lowinp.
The celebrated DR.. Burden Saun ierson;
DR.. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy OF
Medicine; Dr. Frederick Langhaus, of Ber- |
lin Drs Klsbs and TSmmas,YGr9ae sce,snd Si
Dr. Eichler. DR.. Cameron. Dr.. Gurdon Buck, |
Prot. Albert Lehert, the celebrated Dr. |
Jackson. the venerable Dr.. Rob.
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfelder. Spencer
Drs. Fritsch and Hitsig DR. Fothergill, DR..
Richard Thompson, DR.. r. 3 Carpenter,
Drs. Anstie, Ball, Fuller. Lancereaux,
Krauss. Huguenie, Heller, Orth, Corrigan,
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely a single exception every |
medical authority of eminence recognizes
the wonderful potency of this new method,
and the coming generation OF physiclans
are certain to be thoroughly educated
therein. At present it is only few physi-
clans here and there who have made "Dis-
eases of Respiration" a life study that are
fitted in any way to employ the wonderful
resources of Medical Inhalation in the cure
of these diseases.
The Durability of Consumption.
For five years the celebrated DR.. l. H
Bennett waa pathologist to the R,yal Iu-
Urinary of Edinburgh, and in his great
work on Consumption" he makes the fol-
owing statement:
During this period | made upwards Of
200 post.mortem examinations Of persons
lying from various diseases, and l was
meeting with cases in which
ound cavities in the lungs from consump.
ion, which had evidently healed up or
ubject. Nature did not seem to have been
in restoring the wasted lung
ubstance. but the cavities were dried up,
he progress of the disease arrested and
he subject lived for years, with diminished
lcaith."